[clue-tech] Anatomy of ext4 - Get to know the fourth extended file system

[Mark G. Harvey]

An interesting read ... 

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-anatomy-ext4/index.html?ca=dgr-lnxw07Anatomy-of-ext4&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=grsitelnxw07

The vastly increased scalability, performance, file size limits, etc. are pretty amazing. 

The author might be a good choice for a meeting speaker. 
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About the Author: M. Tim Jones is an embedded firmware architect and the author of Artificial Intelligence: A Systems Approach, GNU/Linux Application Programming (now in its second edition), AI Application Programming (in its second edition), and BSD Sockets Programming from a Multilanguage Perspective. His engineering background ranges from the development of kernels for geosynchronous spacecraft to embedded systems architecture and networking protocols development. Tim is a Consultant Engineer for Emulex Corp. in Longmont, Colorado.
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